Saturday, June 20, 2009
Online
AP Tells Reporters To Muzzle Facebook Friends
7:34AM Ryan Tate | Someone sent us the Associated Press’ guidelines for staff social networking and, in keeping with company tradition, they’re on the paranoid side. You should probably read them, since basically everyone in the world must now follow them. More »
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Maxim Sure One Of These Spinoffs Will Work Out
6:14AM Hamilton Nolan | Maxim recently folded its UK print version, and it’s facing the horrific specter of a world with no cigarette ads. Times are tough. So they’re coming out with yet another brand spinoff! It’s a full-blown trend now: More »
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“The Words ‘a’, ‘and’, And ‘the’ Are Not Included In The Rate”
4:35AM Hamilton Nolan | Journalism. It is not a lucrative profession. Maybe you could be a freelancer though? Easy gigs. Airline magazines! Travel pieces! The sad reality: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
F The Police
3:57AM Hamilton Nolan | In your scandalous Friday US media column: a reporter has an affair with a police chief, another reporter’s charged with assaulting an old man, Meredith is the new queen of magazines, and Reader’s Digest ups its pap quotient. More »
Big Screen
How The Love Guru Could Cost You Half A Year Of Your Life
2:09AM Richard Lawson | Guys, if you’re going to go to jail for six months for movie piracy, please make sure it’s not because of The Love Guru. Let poor young Jack Yates of California be an example to us all. More »
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Newspaper Parodies Grow Ever Less Amusing
1:35AM Hamilton Nolan | National Lampoon parodied a newspaper back in the 70s, and The Onion was founded in 1988, and last year there was that mildly interesting fake New York Times, but the latest spoof paper is indistinguishable from an earnest lefty, arguing. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
